98 MUSCID/E. 



frontalia narrow, deep black, widening in front ; epistoraa slightly pro- 

 minent ; lateralia tawny ; proboscis and palpi testaceous. Antennte 

 testaceous, not reaching the epistoma ; third joint about thrice the 

 length of the second; sixth stout at the base, less than twice the 

 length of the third. Thorax with four very slender black stripes. 

 Wings grey, whitish at the base ; costal vein ending at some little 

 distance in front of the tip of the wing ; subcostal vein ending at a 

 little beyond one-third of the length; mediastinal vein ending at a 

 little beyond half the length ; radial vein ending at about four-fifths of 

 the length ; cubital vein joining the costal very near its tip ; prcebra- 

 clilal vein emitting a short branch, and formhig a right angle at its flexure, 

 near tchich it is much curved inward ; discal transverse vein with two 

 slight curves, parted by less than its length from the flexure of the 

 prtebrachial, and by much less from the border. Abdomen long-ob- 

 conical, testaceous ; dorsal stripe and hind borders of the third and 

 fourth segments black. Legs testaceous ; tarsi black. 

 Not rare. (E.) 



7. fingens, n. Nigra, albo-tomentosa, capite antice fulvo, fronta- 

 libus piceis, palpis abdomineque testaceis, anteunis luteis, thorace qua- 

 driv^tttato, alls subcinereis, vena prcehrachiali ramulum hrevem adjlexiiram 

 emittente apicem versus fere recta, pedibus fulvis, tarsis nigris. Long. 

 4 ; alar. 9 lin. 



Black, with white tomentum. Head tawny in front ; frontalia 

 piceous ; palpi testaceous. Antennae luteous ; third joint twice the 

 length of the second ; sixth black. Thorax with four slender inter- 

 rupted black stripes. Wings slightly grey ; veins indistinctly clouded ; 

 costal vein ending at some little distance in front of the tip of the wing ; 

 subcostal vein ending at beyond one-third of the length ; mediastinal 

 vein ending at beyond half the length ; radial vein ending at four-fifths 

 of the length ; cubital vein joining the costal near its tip ; prcebrachial 

 vein forming a right angle and emitting a short branch at its flexure, 

 nearly straight from thence to the tip ; discal transverse vein with two 

 very sbght curves, parted by much less than its length from the flexure 

 of the prsebraehial, and by still less from the border. Abdomen long- 

 obconical, testaceous. Legs tawny ; tarsi black. 

 Eare. (E.) 



8. canina, F. S. L ii. 440. 24 (1781); Gmel. ; Fal. ; Meig. ; 

 Mcq. ; Zett. Nigra, fulvescente-tomentosa, capite albido-flavo, fronta- 

 libus ferrugineis, palpis flavis, antennis fulvis, thorace nigro-quadrivit- 

 tato, alls subcinereis, vence prcBbrachialis flexura ramulian longum emit- 

 tente, abdomine vitta obscuriore, scgraentonmi marginibiis posticis 

 nigi'is, pedibus testaceis, tarsis nigris. Long. 5^ ; alar. 12 lin. 



Black, with testaceous-tawny tomentum. Head with shining whitish- 

 yellow tomentum beneath ; frontalia fernigiiious, narrow, slightly widen- 

 ing in front ; epistoma slightly prominent ; proboscis and palpi yellow. 



